Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 416 427
Rank change year-on-year -96 +11 +172
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 62 57 124
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.24% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.64% 1.79% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 37 75
10th Percentile £406 £393 £190
25th Percentile £500 £475 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £433
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +27.17% +1.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £544
90th Percentile £656 £675 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £433
% change year-on-year -9.09% +27.17% -0.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £18.75 - £30.00
90th Percentile - - £70.00
UK median hourly rate £17.50 - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - -61.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,776 3,189 5,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.85% 13.15% 13.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,410 1,995 3,167
10th Percentile £213 £219 £205
25th Percentile £396 £374 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £498 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +2.05% +2.63% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 119 381
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.50 £20.80 £17.69
Median hourly rate £42.25 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.71% +7.69% +71.69%
75th Percentile £67.84 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.08 £68.63
UK median hourly rate £42.10 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +20.27% +7.69% +71.05%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 3 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -69 25 £573 +4.09% 4
South East -49 15 £500 -4.76% 1
South West -30 11 £538 -2.27% 1
North of England -61 8 £575 +53.33% 7
North West -41 7 £593 +58.00% 5
East of England - 2 £275 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £413 - 2
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.68%) Azure
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.23%) AWS
3 2 (3.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (3.23%) GCP
3 2 (3.23%) OCI
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.61%) IaaS
4 1 (1.61%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.61%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.61%) PaaS
4 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (56.45%) Firewall
2 32 (51.61%) BGP
3 27 (43.55%) NX-OS
4 22 (35.48%) WAN
5 20 (32.26%) OSPF
6 18 (29.03%) LAN
7 16 (25.81%) Junos
7 16 (25.81%) MPLS
7 16 (25.81%) Network Security
7 16 (25.81%) VPN
8 14 (22.58%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (20.97%) Cisco ISE
9 13 (20.97%) SD-WAN
10 12 (19.35%) VLAN
11 11 (17.74%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (17.74%) DHCP
11 11 (17.74%) DNS
11 11 (17.74%) IOS XR
12 10 (16.13%) Cisco Firepower
12 10 (16.13%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Git
2 2 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 25 (40.32%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (12.90%) Finance
2 8 (12.90%) Public Sector
3 6 (9.68%) Financial Institution
4 4 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.84%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.23%) Publishing
7 1 (1.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (59.68%) Network Engineer
2 13 (20.97%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 9 (14.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 9 (14.52%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 9 (14.52%) Architect
3 9 (14.52%) Cloud Engineer
3 9 (14.52%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) Security Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) Senior
5 6 (9.68%) Network Support
5 6 (9.68%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (8.06%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (6.45%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Design Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Network Design Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Network Support Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.68%) LDAP
2 4 (6.45%) Jinja
3 2 (3.23%) XMPP
4 1 (1.61%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.19%) Data Centre
2 11 (17.74%) PKI
3 4 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.23%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.58%) Windows
2 8 (12.90%) Windows Server
3 7 (11.29%) Linux
3 7 (11.29%) Ubuntu
4 5 (8.06%) Android
5 1 (1.61%) CentOS
5 1 (1.61%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.61%) VMS
5 1 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (29.03%) ITSM
2 13 (20.97%) Change Management
3 10 (16.13%) Performance Management
4 9 (14.52%) Network Design
5 7 (11.29%) Agile
5 7 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (9.68%) Break/Fix
6 6 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
6 6 (9.68%) Load Balancing
6 6 (9.68%) Mentoring
6 6 (9.68%) Network Virtualisation
6 6 (9.68%) Service Management
6 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (8.06%) Analytics
7 5 (8.06%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (8.06%) ITIL
7 5 (8.06%) Network Segmentation
7 5 (8.06%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.97%) Python
2 4 (6.45%) PHP
3 3 (4.84%) Bash
4 2 (3.23%) ActionScript
5 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (53.23%) Security Cleared
2 19 (30.65%) DV Cleared
3 17 (27.42%) CCNP
3 17 (27.42%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (25.81%) SC Cleared
5 10 (16.13%) CCNA
6 6 (9.68%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (9.68%) Server+ Certification
7 4 (6.45%) APMG
7 4 (6.45%) CCIE
7 4 (6.45%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (6.45%) Degree
7 4 (6.45%) GIAC
7 4 (6.45%) JNCIS
7 4 (6.45%) SSCP
8 3 (4.84%) GSEC
9 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.90%) SLA
2 6 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (9.68%) NIST
3 4 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (16.13%) VMware NSX
2 8 (12.90%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (11.29%) Active Directory
4 5 (8.06%) Firmware
5 2 (3.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (25.81%) vCenter Server
2 8 (12.90%) Ansible
3 7 (11.29%) FortiGate
4 3 (4.84%) SCOM
5 2 (3.23%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (3.23%) Terraform
6 1 (1.61%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) Cisco
2 19 (30.65%) Juniper
3 11 (17.74%) SolarWinds
3 11 (17.74%) VMware
4 10 (16.13%) Palo Alto
5 9 (14.52%) F5
6 6 (9.68%) Arista
6 6 (9.68%) Fortinet
6 6 (9.68%) ServiceNow
7 5 (8.06%) Broadcom
7 5 (8.06%) Microsoft
8 4 (6.45%) Meraki
8 4 (6.45%) Zscaler
9 2 (3.23%) Ciena
9 2 (3.23%) Genesys
9 2 (3.23%) Infoblox
10 1 (1.61%) Apple
10 1 (1.61%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.61%) NetScout